Feminine Chaos
Feminine Chaos
Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield
Problematic faves, dissident feminism, and poodle interruptions: this is Feminine Chaos, featuring cultural commentary from Phoebe Maltz Bovy and Kat Rosenfield. femchaospod.substack.com
Premium: An Abundance of Wokes, a Confederacy of Plagiarists
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe attempt an archaeology of wokeness and look forward to the next installment, a.k.a. Woke 2: Electric Boogaloo. Also: fabulists, plagiarists, and a wildlife update about two ugly birds in love.LINKS:On the phases of woke:AOC on Woke 1.0
Aug 21
19 min
Racoon Sandwiches, Smooth-Tailed Squirrels, and a Visit from the Police
Kat and Phoebe discuss the latest in raccoon sightings, Phoebe’s European shopping adventures, and Kat’s brush with local law enforcement.LINKS: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Aug 13
1 hr 4 min
Premium: Our Outsourced Youth
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss Labubu consultants, bike camps, childhood nostalgia, and waning attention spans.LINKS:When One Nanny Isn’t Enough, ‘CEO Parents’ Hire a Whole Team - WSJ
Jul 28
10 min
Premium: The Pen Is Mightier Than the Bralette
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss the lingerie of the long 2010s, the publishing industry’s Jewish problem, and the best place to hide your heirlooms and jewels (in a paper bag emblazoned with the words “DEAD RACCOON INSIDE.”)LINKS:A Statement to Our Community - PEN America‘A Silent Moratorium’ - PEN AmericaA Free-Speech Meltdown
Jul 17
10 min
Getting Cancelled and Surviving in the Woods
Thank you Phoebe Maltz Bovy, Mark Sundstrom, Bob, TheNuclearBlonde, Dave, and many others for tuning into my live video with Rafael Frumkin! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 15
1 hr 23 min
Queer Eye for the Oyster Guy
Kat and Phoebe discuss Ozempic (the new lobotomy!), American patriotism (the new Zionism!), and the sad, strange, entirely predictable downfall of Graham Platner (we told you so!).LINKS:The Drug That Made Me Want LessPreviously, on Platner:Kat’s reporting on death doulas: This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit femchaospod.substack.com/subscribe
Jul 10
1 hr 2 min
Premium: Tag Yourself, I'm the Six Foot-Long Wiener
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comIn a special episode to make up for last month’s shortfall and last week’s forgotten shoutouts, Kat and Phoebe discuss review-tagging, hate-following, and why one extremely tall politician was chased away from a trans pride parade.LINKS:Is heterosexuality hopeless? | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian
Jun 30
11 min
Premium: A Gay Old Time
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss the Bluesky backlash against Phoebe’s book, the Twitter suffrage discourse that made it feel, ever so briefly, like 2017 again, and the big, Gay link between the two. Also, a rare cat cameo!LINKS:
Jun 26
14 min
Premium: The Cougar Hour
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe turn their attention to young men and their trends, from vegetable haircuts to looksmaxxing to sending ill-considered (read: wildly anti-Semitic) emails to people who want to give them jobs!LINKS:Do Gen Z women actually find the popular male “broccoli” hairstyle attractive? : r/GenZBroccoli haircut - WikipediaAntisemitic Cornell student t…
Jun 19
14 min
Premium: Nice Guys and Men's Men
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.comKat and Phoebe discuss the character of aspiring senator and porta-potty masturbator Graham Platner, the romantic philosophy of the horror film Obsession, and what happens when an unrequited affection meets an immovable incel.LINKS:Graham Platner, haver of normal ones: Obsession, for men:
Jun 10
13 min
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